In this recipe for Chinese homemade chili oil, you will see how my parents make chili oil sauce by using the red chili flakes, black bean paste and hot oil. It is a must-have ingredient in our family daily cooking and dining. Scroll down for the cooking video.

If you eat out in China local restaurants, you may notice that there are normally a number of sauces have already been placed on the table before you taking the seat.

Very often, especially if you are in the dumpling or noodle restaurants, these sauces include the soy sauce, vinegar and red chili oil.

The chili oil is normally made by red chili flakes and oil, sometimes it may also include some other seasonings. Depending on the ingredients being used, it may or may not taste salty.

The chili oil sauce provides an option for those who love their food to have the extra spicy taste. For example, in our family my father cannot eat too spicy food due to health reason. Therefore most dishes from our family are cooked to be light. If we want a very spicy flavor, we can add the chili oil on the top of a dish for ourselves.

Next I just show you how my parents make this Chinese homemade chili oil at home.